Chicago for Foodies: On or Off the Track, Chicago is a City for Foodies
Whether your idea of the perfect meal is melt-in-your-mouth steak, veggie entrees, Chicago-style pizza, classic fare, or exotic dishes from another culture, you’ll find a favorite restaurant in Chicago.
For steak and red meat lovers, The Capital Grille (633 N Saint Clair Street) offers the best dry-aged steaks and award-winning wines. Everything from the signature veal chop with roquefort butter sauce to the steak au poivre with Courvoisier cream is so tempting. Meat (155 East Ontario) has more than just red—pastas and fish are also served—but why not enjoy a great red meat dish from a chef whose family owns Chicago’s oldest meatpacking company? If you like sports served with your red meat, check out NFL Hall of Famer Mike Ditka’s Restaurant (100 E. Chestnut), with an upstairs cigar lounge.
If you’re more into veggies as your main course, you can’t go wrong at Green Zebra (1460 West Chicago Ave), where the emphasis is on unique vegetarian dishes, which change seasonally. Or try a different kind of dining experience, at The Chicago Diner (3411 N. Halsted Street), which claims to be “meatless since ’83.”
Locals use Gino’s East of Chicago (633 N. Wells Street) and Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria (439 N. Wells Street) for irresistible Chicago-style pizza. Think of a deep dish with oozing cheese, rich sauce, and fresh toppings. mmm!
For breakfast and more, Bongo Room (1152 S. Wabash Ave) in Wicker Park is a unique coffee shop that offers dishes with a distinctive twist, like raspberry cheesecake pancakes. Manny’s Coffee Shop and Deli (1141 S. Jefferson St) offers classic fare. Come hungry, leave full.
If your palate likes to venture to other lands, Roy’s (720 N. State St) offers Hawaiian with a little aloha. For the best of two cultures, Dee’s Mandarin (1114 Armitage Ave) offers Chinese cuisine and an excellent sushi bar. Craving a Thai cuisine? Dine at Vong’s Thai Cuisine (6 W. Hubbard St), a spinoff of New York’s Vong Thai-French fusion. Enjoy Chicago’s renowned Greektown at Costa’s (340 S. Halsted St). Try Bistro Margot (1437 N. Wells St) for delicious coq au vin and other French delicacies. Cooba (3423 N. Southport Ave) serves Latin American until late, accompanied by a good party. spy (980 N. Michigan Ave) is one of the best options for Italian luxury with a generous serving of Lake Michigan views. At The India House (59 W. Grand Ave), you can sample foods from a variety of different Indian regions.
For fabulous desserts to go with your meal, try A Taste of Heaven (5401 N. Clark St), Nine Steak House (440 W. Randolph St), or Maggiano’s Little Italy (516 N. Clark St). If you’re headed to a Chicago restaurant for a sumptuous meal, CRSHotels.com has the perfect hotel for you. Choose Sutton Place, Seneca Hotel or Whitehall Hotel. Enjoy the Amalfi Hotel, the Ambassador East Hotel or the Raffaello Hotel. Stay at the Congress Plaza Hotel & Conference Center, the Best Western Grant Park or the Inn of Chicago Magnificent Mile.
